Skin Deep

Don’t look now but here comes some more “weather.” Temperatures seem stuck in the skin-irritating frost zone, showing little signs of a serious Spring thaw. Frigid temperatures, blustery winds—along with indoor heating-- take a toll on skin.

One line of defense is Lubdriderm Intense Skin Repair Body Lotion. It can help repair and heal rough, winter-weathered skin. Featuring a revolutionary, time released technology that contains encapsulated Shea Butter, it is clinically shown to provide 24-hour moisturization and relieve itchy dry skin.

Lubriderm is a very recognizable name in skin care but have you noticed how many different kinds of Lubriderm there are now? In addition to the Intense Skin Repair Body Lotion, there are 12 other Lubriderm products.

· Advanced Therapy Hand Cream - This unique formula, which is enriched with vitamins, nutrients and antioxidants, is clinically shown to moisturize for 24 hours, and lasts through hand washing, leaving your hands softer, smoother and more comfortable.

· Advanced Therapy Moisturizing Lotion - It moisturizes for 24 hours and is clinically shown to turn extra-dry skin into healthier, more resilient skin in just one week.

· Advanced Therapy Triple Smoothing Lotion- Specially formulated with alpha hydroxy acid (AHA), its exclusive triple-action formula gently exfoliates flaky skin to help improve skin cell turnover, smoothes the appearance of rough, uneven skin and is clinically shown to moisturize for 24 hours.

· Intense Skin Repair Calming Relief Body Lotion - It's specially formulated with soothing emollients and HydraRelease™ technology for 24 hours of continuous moisture for healthy-looking, soft and comfortable skin.

· Intense Skin Repair Body Lotion and Body Cream – both with HydraRelease™ technology

And there are the All Daily Moisture Lotions, all with 24 hours of continuous moisture.

· Daily Moisture Lotion

· Daily Moisture Lotion – Fragrance Free

· Daily Moisture with SPF 15

· Sensitive Skin Therapy Moisturizing Lotion

· Skin Nourishing Moisturizing Lotion with Sea Kelp Extract

· Skin Nourishing Moisturizing Lotion with Premium Oat Extract

· Skin Nourishing Moisturizing Lotion with Shea & Cocoa Butters+

Pick the one (or two) that best works for you and start getting your skin back into summer shape.

Definity Possibilities

Olay has been in the business of skincare long enough to know what they are doing. Born more than fifty years ago, as Oil of Olay, the skincare company has evolved into one of the best performing anti-aging skin care lines.

Color Recapture, by Olay Definity, one of several categories of skincare that Olay offers, at first seemed like it would be like many often marketed, oft tried combinations of moisturizer and coverage. Too many times products that make this dual promise turn out to be, somewhat duplicitous, if unintentionally. Something just misses—either the color is streaky or the moisturizer is either too greasy or not there. Olay’s Definity Color Recapture, however, really does what it says it will do. And isn’t that what any of us wants from any product?

The slim, clear container is easy on the eye and shows off the ribbons of coverage amid the moisturizer. Just the right amount of the mixture comes out of the pump if you are careful not to press too hard--a little goes a long way. The solution goes on very smoothly and feels like satin against the skin. And the result was a surprising excellent. The color blends in perfectly with the anti-aging moisturizer and provides the right amount of coverage for most days. Imperfections and discolorations are diffused by the sheer illuminating color and the skin has a more supple feel. And even while it is making your complexion more luminous, Color Recapture is working as an anti-aging skin care elixir.

Available in three shades: Fair to Light; Light to Medium; Medium to Deep

Beautiful Botanicals

From France comes Clarins’ Extra Firming Tightening Lift Botanical Serum. Touted as a “natural alternative to injections, lasers and lifts,” it has a lovely feel-- the amber-colored liquid is like cool silk gliding on your face.

This serum as a double effect—it smoothes, soothes and lifts, making it a bit easier to apply make-up. The skin has more “slip” so make-up glides on. It really does what it is meant to. It can be applied in the morning or the evening, and it is said to offer not just instant results; it keeps working over time, meaning that it helps stimulate the skin’s renewal process.

Ingredients include:

Oat Sugars, which create an immediate tightening effect
Inca Peanut Proteins, smooth and refine skin’s texture
Hibiscus Seed Proteins moisturize
Stimulen, a blend of amino acids and Vitamin E encourages skin renewal.
Silicium (derived from Brown Algae) boosts elastin and collagen synthesis

As it says on the famous white, red and gold box: “Clarins: Effective serious treatments, ensuring maximum results with the highest quality ingredients.” And, as evidenced by the comment form in the box,they care about what their customers have to say.

$75. A very little goes a very long way.

http://www.clarins.com/